From b7de522ddecc41269d6a2f10cf80a1de2a024939 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allison Moore Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:21:31 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS-11128: rephrase afterClusterTime reference in read concern docs --- source/reference/read-concern.txt | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/reference/read-concern.txt b/source/reference/read-concern.txt index 4f3faf2e760..56176185bdb 100644 --- a/source/reference/read-concern.txt +++ b/source/reference/read-concern.txt @@ -134,18 +134,20 @@ The following read concern levels are available: .. versionadded:: 3.6 MongoDB introduces the ``afterClusterTime`` option that can be set by -the drivers. Read operations with a specified ``afterClusterTime`` -return data that meets the level requirement and the specified after -cluster time requirement. +the drivers. + +Read operations with a specified ``afterClusterTime`` +return data that meet both the :ref:`read concern level ` +requirement and the specified ``afterClusterTime`` requirement. .. important:: Do not manually set the ``afterClusterTime``. MongoDB drivers set this value automatically for operations associated with - :ref:`causally consistent sessions `. + causally consistent sessions. -:ref:`Causally consistent sessions` use -``afterClusterTime`` to provide :ref:`causal consistency `. +Causally consistent sessions use the ``afterClusterTime`` value to +provide causal consistency. ``afterClusterTime`` is available for :readconcern:`"local"` (default) and :readconcern:`"majority"` read concern levels: @@ -155,8 +157,8 @@ and :readconcern:`"majority"` read concern levels: readConcern: { level: <"majority"|"local"> , afterClusterTime: } For read operations not associated with causally consistent sessions, -i.e. the ``afterClusterTime`` is unset, reads against secondary members -have the default read concern level :readconcern:`"available"`. +i.e. where the ``afterClusterTime`` is unset, reads against secondary members +have the default read concern level: :readconcern:`"available"`. .. _read-concern-storage-engine-drivers: